Icosahedrophilia Podcast, Episode 84: Exit the Dragon, Part 2
Know any good ways to tick off a brown dragon, adventure fans? Tyria Silverspray does, and you can look on as she employs this skill in part 2 of our adventure “Exit the Dragon,” recorded on April 3, 2010 and presented in the Icosahedrophilia podcast, episode 84! Please listen now or subscribe via iTunes, Zune, or plain old RSS. This episode features the following segments:
- Weighing Anchor: Chris Tulach of the RPGA calls for your initiative roll.
- The Staging Area: I remind listeners of what happened in “Exit the Dragon, Part 1,” and refer new listeners to the “Story Thus Far” recap episode.
- The Weather Report: The PCs continue to explore the dragon’s lair … and provoke the dragon into combat.
The Prop Shop: I focus on my use of a skill challenge as an abstract way to resolve dungeon exploration. (If you wish, you can view the exact stat block I used, exported from Masterplan.) My product pick of the episode is Monster Manual 3, which you can purchase from FRP Games or Noble Knight to support the Vorpal Network. Your purchases at the Icosahedrophilia aStore support the podcast directly.- Sea Shanties: This episode features “Racing the Wind” and “Gallows Jig” from the album Phantoms of the High Seas by Nox Arcana, ©2008 Monolith Graphics, and “Stygian Depths” from the album Blood of the Dragon by Nox Arcana, ©2006 Monolith Graphics. All tracks were used by permission of the copyright holders.
I hope that you enjoy(ed) listening to “Exit the Dragon, Part 2,” and that you’ll join us when the adventure continues in “Exit the Dragon, Part 3!”
I crossed a gypsy’s palm with some silver, dearie, and she revealed this countdown to convergence between the podcast and the actual live play:
- Exit the Dragon (2 more episodes)
- Keeping the Promise (5 episodes)
- Well Met in Markathesh (5 episodes)
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The skill challenge worked acceptably. The use of cards to determine what they found worked wonderfully – you could hear the excitement from the players which was great. This is something I will definitely adopt into my game.
Thanks as always.
I am listening to this podcast right now. I really like the exploratory skill challenge and the use of reward cards.
I too am going to be stealing.. ehem.. borrowing.. this idea for when my PC’s make it to the dead giant city they are about to reach.
The reward cards sound like a great idea when you know what situations the players are going to be in. I might steal that idea. I might also try and come up with some miscellaneous ones for ad-hoc rewarding.